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Vacheron Constantin. A Fine and Rare 18k Gold Minute Repeating Openface Keyless Lever Chronograph Pocket Watch with Original Certificate and Bill of Sale
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Vacheron Constantin. A Fine and Rare 18k Gold Minute Repeating Openface Keyless Lever Chronograph Pocket Watch with Original Certificate and Bill of Sale

SIGNED VACHERON & CONSTANTIN, GENÈVE, MOVEMENT NO. 402'428, CASE NO. 250'919, MANUFACTURED IN 1926

Closed17 December 2013

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Vacheron Constantin. A Fine and Rare 18k Gold Minute Repeating Openface Keyless Lever Chronograph Pocket Watch with Original Certificate and Bill of Sale
Signed Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, Movement No. 402'428, Case No. 250'919, Manufactured in 1926
Nickel-finished lever movement, 36 jewels, bimetallic compensation balance, wolf's tooth winding, micrometer regulator, minute repeating on two hammers on to two gongs, repeat activated through a slide in the band, gold cuvette, white enamel dial, Breguet numerals, outer calibrated railway fifth seconds divisions with Arabic fifth seconds, two subsidiary dials for 30 minute register and constant seconds, circular case, chronograph operated through the crown, case, cuvette, dial and movement signed
51.5mm diam.

Specialist note

Accompanied by an original Vacheron Constantin Certificate of Origin and Guarantee dated July 2nd, 1948, and Vacheron Constantin bill of sale dated July 2nd, 1948. Further accompanied by a letter from Vacheron Constantin dated November 25th, 1960, noting that the watch was received in Geneva for service, and a service record dated February 16th, 1960.

The manufacturer has confirmed that the present watch was manufactured in 1926 and sold in 1948.

Founded in 1755 by Jean-Marc Vacheron, Vacheron Constantin is the oldest watch manufacture in Geneva. Fifteen years after its founding, the firm began producing complicated timepieces. In 1785 Jean-Marc's son Abraham took control of the company, and in 1819 formed a partnership with Francois Constantin.